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| The skin on either side of the nail plate |
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| The cuticle, the 2 lateral nail folds, and the hyponychium |
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| The skin that lies directly on top of the newly developing nail plate |
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| Dead tissue that sheds from the underside of the eponychium |
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| The matrix's shape and size |
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| Determines the Thickness and width of the plate |
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| The free edge or the distal nail plate |
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| The nail plate growing beyond the finger tips |
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| The opaque area that at the base(proximal end)of the nail plate |
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| The shape of the nail plates free edge |
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| The Dermis, Epidermis, and Bed Epithelium |
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| Types of tissues inside the nail plate |
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| Allows the nail plate to slide along the nail bed |
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| Contains grove like channels that guide nail plate growth |
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| The bed epithelium that grows past the free edge |
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| A bunching up of the bed epithelium |
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| The most distal (furthest)edge of the nail unit |
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| Can lead to infection and nail plate separation |
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| Two arteries that run along each side of the finger |
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| Small capillaries function to |
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| Carry blood from the arteries to the nail unit |
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| The blood in the capillaries |
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| Gives the nail bed its pinkish color |
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| The Nail Plate is provided with |
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| Veins in each lateral nail fold |
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| Drains blood away from the nail unit |
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| Nerves in the nail unit provide |
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| Touch, pain and warmth sensations |
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| The Nail Plate and The Bed Protect |
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| The bone in the finger tip (distal phalanges) |
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